Comparing the diagnostic accuracy of modified RIPASA and MASS in patients diagnosed with acute appendicitis in Suez Canal University Hospital Emergency Department: a cross-sectional study

Table 10 Degree of agreement between modified RIPASA score and modified Alvarado score in diagnosis of appendicitis in patients

Variables	Modified RIPASA score		Kappa agreement	p-value
Variables	Not appendicitis (n = 16)	Appendicitis (n = 24)	Kappa agreement	p-value
MASS
Not appendicitis (n = 20)	10 (62.5)	10 (41.7)	0.201	0.197
Appendicitis (n = 20)	6 (37.5)	14 (58.3)	0.201	0.197

values are based on Man-Whitney test. Statistical significance at P < 0.05
Table 10 shows that there is a poor agreement between modified Alvarado and modified RIPASA scoring systems in regard to the diagnosis of acute appendicitis (Kappa value = 0.201, p = 0.197). The agreement in diagnosing appendicitis was found in only 58.3%.

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